Telegram-herald., 1887-08-13
AFTER THE ACCIDENT.
Aoaaoas That cANNoT . 'oL0.
A Grssfsz BlIi4f shsl tAs Dissstsr S-s
t1s Ussk o. organl<ed k-~Asis-
The Deaf isalssssa - Nv~t-
bsr O4s tf4n1rs4-

tory 0f fliLhall lsllisti at-o1s o. tie VI
.xer. - tie injured AL dying. Al the
aelsor couple u men ssre kspE basy en-
elosinz ne rsmal1s Of The Recognized dead
10 rude ssns ba1ss and the noise o. their
hammers mingled vita the groans OF The
agiaz Ia TIE ittls town ball few feel
across he Way. Here the scene Vas s1cA
a. 10 melt ths st0aEest hearts. ca nearly
TO score mattresses were men, women al
chi.rren ia various degrees " au-leflts aiid
tartars. Mr. ana Ars. Robert Zimmerman
sees on one cot, side bg side, With arms
eCr0ss each other. The silferin<s ot Dota
are excruc Atinz. aud M Lin-ineftD an
brother. Nho hurried here 10 relieve taSN
agony az 1s colII NAs f0rced ~ ie1Fs me
room u feliey. his o~n penz-up elsotiOns.
Near b. .as dsxen haired. cCil-laced Ms
Blondin. of haskeg Corners. who Was en-
r0ufe - Canada % visit her mother taAins
her two I.1fls sirls with her. she sas taken
from he 1reck crushed almost INTO ashape-
les. mass. her child Josie Was iJund
we-lzed hetseen the tiraheIs. While tne
other ehlid escaped without even orelse-
A United Press correspondent vent Ifo3n
Forrest - Chalsw0rth AZ O'Clock this
morning on A special train of caoOore ana
freight cars hllsd With collins. II. A. Nc
Clufe. 0f keiEAsnurg. was one OF ths pas
,sneers. dis Nils aud chlldfeo bad ieIt
him twenty four hours before % 20 70 New
York lie reached ChatswOrth % nnd ths
counls stretched on tie door OF the school
house. Kind hands lad placed bis year
Old child la - mother arms. The iather
spied tha babg's wardrODe and toilet articles
before the faces we're uncovered, and Lnre.
himself prosfrato oa the bodies and cried
.loud A half score fuil grOwa men ar q
women lay around on the pine noor sud
tie school house Is turned into nlorgue
Added 70 the p.taole spectacle OF the dead
and the raiseries OF the dying. stencil SICK
sninely foul issued from the numerous
places where corpses OF victims yet re-
malned. No picture OF the horrible occur
encss Immediately following the accident
could equal the revolting details OF the
scene a. the T., P. 8 W: depot here too1y;
Segen unidentified bodies we're stretched
promi iscuously ia a Little coal house at the
West End depot. Blood stained, oetrsggsd
.he..s and blankets were thrown loosely
over each. bat Afforded lit-le protection from
me sgarms 0f lies continuously hOverlns
over hem. The awful Odor ensnating
tom tbs bodies kept the room GEAR OF all
b1t the most hardy Of the curious or
erkiOus crowd.
Sensational facts were developed this
morning as 10 the cause OF the wreck.
due to robbers who fred the bridge, but
l.ttls credence was given them. This morn
ing new facts. apparently showing the
catastrophe % be the WORK Of an organized
band. came % lighs and the company ind
them worthy of serious Investigation sCpI
Armstrong said 20 a reporter that the more
he investigated the more il appeared TO him
bridge rad been set on TIRE. The burned
grass IN ia Immediately locality was not OF
ths nature that seemed likely 10 admit Of
bridges catching Ere from it. he observed
MANY thieves a. work and stopped them
from despoiling the wreck of property and
money. Instances OF roboing OF the dead
were being brought to his attention
TIE excursion had been extensively ad-
vartised and the tine 10 would pass over
tbe bridge vas well known. Citizens say
that gang of suspicious fellows have been
loiterinx around Chatssorth tor some days.
Some OF them were found early at the
wreck paving more attention 10 relieving
the bodies Of their valGa5ies than in caring
Tor them otherwise.
At the morning session Of the coroner 5
fnry some decidedly significant testimony
was given Timothy Cougnlin. a section
foreman. testified that he bad four men
helping him on his six and Ons-hslf miles.
He recsived orders Wednesday TO 20 over
his section and see that the bridges and
east Of the section and burned the grass
along the trsck for half mile. He burned
a piece little over half mile from the
wreck and put the fire out. He examined
the bridge about o clock and found nc
smoke about it and 9th erwiss Il was al
right. About three weeks ago the grass IN
Ger the bridge bad been cur away for ten
fest from the bridge timbers, and ne had nc
idea how the bridge could have c-ught 6re
.l~.a.a a.. Na.-e e-.
line from he state line 70 Peoria, said he
went over the road Wednesday from Fair
bury 20 Gilman. He went over the fats
bridge lust before O'Clock in the afternoon
RE Wa on the resr end Of the car and saw
hat the bridge was al rig1t. There was
no fire or smoke acout the bridge. Ennis
said Ny opinion is that the bridge was
set on FIRE By somebody. Nv train wa
the last train over before the special, snd
If there wss ore there. tue meu would have
discovered it The bridge could nos have 0eer
burned in two or three hours. About
three years ago two attempts we're made
% ditch the - O'Clock passenger train Al
that bridge and We kept = waIchmsn ther'
for SIX weeks DISTINCTIONS we're piled on
the rack. Il i a very lonesome place. fal
from any house.
Then William Hellsm. weil-to-de
farmer living in the neighborhood va,
created sensation. he said that whil.
standing on the platform a. ChstswoYtf
waiting with MS son for the ill-fstsd tralr
he repeatedly saw peculiar light upon th'
track sbCus n the nelEhbQrh0Cd of whsr.
the trsia subsequently went down. A
f-st be thought i Vas Ere. but from Ia
disappesrancs amt rsappssrsncs =
intervals during the period o
three hoHrs ae came 90 th'
big iantern. or that a locomotive vas vsv
inx 90 and fro. This kept up until = iistl'
whiie b@f0re the hour the trs n was due s
thstSworth and seemed - him 80 remark
abie that be cslist the attention of sevsra
people around him 20 the TACT
Heliara = sfateusns vac corroborated bs
bis sou who. With his father cot on boar,
ths trsin and b@raiv escaped with theil
lives snd tv Julius k0pixe. a farmer
living within quarter n mile Of ~
track. and who sav What seemed 10 be
small IRE nesr the culvs-t shortly bef0r
midnight
Testimony pointing IN the same direction
wss given 5g severSi ether sitnesse5 befor.
the inquiry wss slionrnet. These -,
hold tn the +he0rv 81 rrsin n vrpckinz he,ier.
there wss al orgsa.y0 gang Of thieves ~
board The train ard tra- t1e bridge vas 70
atrcged sy couteiersrss a. ths resnit ~
vei-lsid plot In support e tha
taeoTv numerous stories of rrt
hing of dead aud injured are bein.
rsssed from raouta 90 muutl bus CD.
mouths ef 10 detd sre cicsai ard the in
rnler We s-e cite3 cannot ~ found siihe
here cr st per ffar Developments Fl
fhis cc1necilsfc. hnverer srs nroznsse8 te
f1re fhe end of t1e present invrs;srafieu
sna b Vcuid net se silrprsinx e tee flr~
"a irs Teriieh siien.t ar tae responsihi .iti